Report on an archaeological watching brief at the former Sargeant’s Engineering Works, Northgate Street, Colchester: 1996-1997

A watching brief on the site of Sargeant’s Engineering Works recorded the remains of Roman town houses – principally robbed wall lines, tessellated pavements and mortar floors. This confirmed the result of a 1993 evaluation on the same site, which suggested that Roman deposits probably existed below the level of the 1993 test trenches.